IP: Disputed Air ID Law May Not Exist

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

This has been my understanding for many a year. Also the airlines are
strongly motivated to do ID, it has effectively killed the secondary ticket
market!!

Dave

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[Note:  This item comes from reader Monty Solomon.  DLH]

At 20:30 -0700 8/15/02, Monty Solomon wrote:
> From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
> Subject: Disputed Air ID Law May Not Exist
> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:30:52 -0700
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> Disputed Air ID Law May Not Exist
> By Paul Boutin
>
> 2:00 a.m. Aug. 15, 2002 PDT
>
> A recent lawsuit filed by Electronic Frontier Foundation founder John
> Gilmore against U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, United Airlines
> and several others challenges the requirement that airline flyers
> present government-issued identification in order to travel within
> the United States.
>
> The suit claims unpublished federal regulations have created an
> "internal passport" for Americans in violation of the U.S.
> Constitution.
>
> As it turns out, there may be no such law on the books. Instead,
> carefully worded rules and statements allow airlines to make it seem
> that way. Under current federal regulations, they're only required to
> ask for ID, not to make it a condition of travel.
>
> ...
>
> <http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,54464,00.html>


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